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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet
119Verse 1Blessed+are those whose way is blameless,who walk in the Law of the LORD.Verse 2Blessed are those who keep His testimoniesand seek Him with all their heart.Verse 3They do no iniquity;they walk in His ways.Verse 4You have ordained Your precepts,that we should keep them diligently.Verse 5Oh, that my ways were committedto keeping Your statutes!Verse 6Then I would not be ashamedwhen I consider all Your commandments.Verse 7I will praise You with an upright heartwhen I learn Your righteous judgments.Verse 8I will keep Your statutes;do not utterly forsake me.Verse 9How can a young man keep his way pure?By guarding it according to Your word.Verse 10With all my heart I have sought You;do not let me stray from Your commandments.Verse 11I have hidden Your word in my heartthat I might not sin against You.Verse 12Blessed are You, O LORD;teach me Your statutes.Verse 13With my lips I proclaimall the judgments of Your mouth.Verse 14I rejoice in the way of Your testimoniesas much as in all riches.Verse 15I will meditate on Your preceptsand regard Your ways.Verse 16I will delight in Your statutes;I will not forget Your word.Verse 17Deal bountifully with Your servant,that I may live and keep Your word.Verse 18Open my eyes that I may seewondrous things from Your law.Verse 19I am a stranger on the earth;do not hide Your commandments from me.Verse 20My soul is consumed with longingfor Your judgments at all times.Verse 21You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.Verse 22Remove my scorn and contempt,for I have kept Your testimonies.Verse 23Though rulers sit and slander me,Your servant meditates on Your statutes.Verse 24Your testimonies are indeed my delight;they are my counselors.Verse 25My soul cleaves to the dust;revive me according to Your word.Verse 26I recounted my ways, and You answered me;teach me Your statutes.Verse 27Make clear to me the way of Your precepts;then I will meditate on Your wonders.Verse 28My soul melts with sorrow;strengthen me according to Your word.Verse 29Remove me from the path of deceitand graciously grant me Your law.Verse 30I have chosen the way of truth;I have set Your ordinances before me.Verse 31I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD;let me not be put to shame.Verse 32I run in the path of Your commandments,for You will enlarge my heart.Verse 33Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes,and I will keep them to the end.+Verse 34Give me understanding that I may obey Your law,and follow it with all my heart.Verse 35Direct me in the path of Your commandments,for there I find delight.Verse 36Turn my heart to Your testimoniesand not to covetous gain.Verse 37Turn my eyes away from worthless things;revive me with Your word.+Verse 38Establish Your word to Your servant,to produce reverence for You.Verse 39Turn away the disgrace I dread,for Your judgments are good.Verse 40How I long for Your precepts!Revive me in Your righteousness.Verse 41May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD,Your salvation, according to Your promise.Verse 42Then I can answer him who taunts,for I trust in Your word.Verse 43Never take Your word of truth from my mouth,for I hope in Your judgments.Verse 44I will always obey Your law,forever and ever.Verse 45And I will walk in freedom,for I have sought Your precepts.Verse 46I will speak of Your testimonies before kings,and I will not be ashamed.Verse 47I delight in Your commandmentsbecause I love them.Verse 48I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love,and I meditate on Your statutes.Verse 49Remember Your word to Your servant,upon which You have given me hope.Verse 50This is my comfort in affliction,that Your promise has given me life.Verse 51The arrogant utterly deride me,but I do not turn from Your law.Verse 52I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD,and in them I find comfort.Verse 53Rage has taken hold of mebecause of the wicked who reject Your law.Verse 54Your statutes are songs to mein the house of my pilgrimage.Verse 55In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name,that I may keep Your law.Verse 56This is my practice,for I obey Your precepts.Verse 57The LORD is my portion;I have promised to keep Your words.Verse 58I have sought Your face with all my heart;be gracious to me according to Your promise.Verse 59I considered my waysand turned my steps to Your testimonies.Verse 60I hurried without hesitatingto keep Your commandments.Verse 61Though the ropes of the wicked bind me,I do not forget Your law.Verse 62At midnight I rise to give You thanksfor Your righteous judgments.Verse 63I am a friend to all who fear You,and to those who keep Your precepts.Verse 64The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD;teach me Your statutes.Verse 65You are good to Your servant, O LORD,according to Your word.Verse 66Teach me good judgment and knowledge,for I believe in Your commandments.Verse 67Before I was afflicted, I went astray;but now I keep Your word.Verse 68You are good, and You do what is good;teach me Your statutes.Verse 69Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies,I keep Your precepts with all my heart.Verse 70Their hearts are callous and insensitive,+but I delight in Your law.Verse 71It was good for me to be afflicted,that I might learn Your statutes.Verse 72The law from Your mouth is more precious to methan thousands of pieces of gold and silver.Verse 73Your hands have made me and fashioned me;give me understanding to learn Your commandments.Verse 74May those who fear You see me and rejoice,for I have hoped in Your word.Verse 75I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous,and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.Verse 76May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray,according to Your promise to Your servant.Verse 77May Your compassion come to me, that I may live,for Your law is my delight.Verse 78May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie;I will meditate on Your precepts.Verse 79May those who fear You turn to me,those who know Your testimonies.Verse 80May my heart be blameless in Your statutes,that I may not be put to shame.Verse 81My soul faints for Your salvation;I wait for Your word.Verse 82My eyes fail, looking for Your promise;I ask, “When will You comfort me?”Verse 83Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke,I do not forget Your statutes.Verse 84How many days must Your servant wait?+When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?Verse 85The arrogant have dug pits for mein violation of Your law.Verse 86All Your commandments are faithful;I am persecuted without cause—help me!Verse 87They almost wiped me from the earth,but I have not forsaken Your precepts.Verse 88Revive me according to Your loving devotion,that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.Verse 89Your word, O LORD, is everlasting;it is firmly fixed in the heavens.Verse 90Your faithfulness continues through all generations;You established the earth, and it endures.Verse 91Your ordinances stand to this day,+for all things are servants to You.Verse 92If Your law had not been my delight,then I would have perished in my affliction.Verse 93I will never forget Your precepts,for by them You have revived me.Verse 94I am Yours; save me,for I have sought Your precepts.Verse 95The wicked wait to destroy me,but I will ponder Your testimonies.Verse 96I have seen a limit to all perfection,but Your commandment is without limit.Verse 97Oh, how I love Your law!All day long it is my meditation.Verse 98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,for they are always with me.Verse 99I have more insight than all my teachers,for Your testimonies are my meditation.Verse 100I discern more than the elders,for I obey Your precepts.Verse 101I have kept my feet from every evil path,that I may keep Your word.Verse 102I have not departed from Your ordinances,for You Yourself have taught me.Verse 103How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!Verse 104I gain understanding from Your precepts;therefore I hate every false way.Verse 105Your word is a lamp to my feetand a light to my path.Verse 106I have sworn and confirmedthat I will keep Your righteous judgments.Verse 107I am severely afflicted, O LORD;revive me through Your word.Verse 108Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD,and teach me Your judgments.Verse 109I constantly take my life in my hands,yet I do not forget Your law.Verse 110The wicked have set a snare for me,but I have not strayed from Your precepts.Verse 111Your testimonies are my heritage forever,for they are the joy of my heart.Verse 112I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes,even to the very end.Verse 113The double-minded I despise,but Your law I love.Verse 114You are my hiding place and my shield;I put my hope in Your word.Verse 115Depart from me, you evildoers,that I may obey the commandments of my God.Verse 116Sustain me as You promised, that I may live;let me not be ashamed of my hope.Verse 117Uphold me, and I will be saved,that I may always regard Your statutes.Verse 118You reject all who stray from Your statutes,for their deceitfulness is in vain.Verse 119All the wicked on earth You discard like dross;therefore I love Your testimonies.Verse 120My flesh trembles in awe of You;I stand in fear of Your judgments.Verse 121I have done what is just and right;do not leave me to my oppressors.Verse 122Ensure Your servant’s well-being;do not let the arrogant oppress me.Verse 123My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation,and for Your righteous promise.Verse 124Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion,and teach me Your statutes.Verse 125I am Your servant; give me understanding,that I may know Your testimonies.Verse 126It is time for the LORD to act,for they have broken Your law.Verse 127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold,even the purest gold.Verse 128Therefore I admire all Your preceptsand hate every false way.Verse 129Wonderful are Your testimonies;therefore I obey them.Verse 130The unfolding of Your words gives light;it informs the simple.Verse 131I open my mouth and pant,longing for Your commandments.Verse 132Turn to me and show me mercy,as You do to those who love Your name.Verse 133Order my steps in Your word;let no sin rule over me.Verse 134Redeem me from the oppression of man,that I may keep Your precepts.Verse 135Make Your face shine upon Your servant,and teach me Your statutes.Verse 136My eyes shed streams of tearsbecause Your law is not obeyed.Verse 137Righteous are You, O LORD,and upright are Your judgments.Verse 138The testimonies You have laid down are righteousand altogether faithful.Verse 139My zeal has consumed mebecause my foes forget Your words.Verse 140Your promise is completely pure;therefore Your servant loves it.Verse 141I am lowly and despised,but I do not forget Your precepts.Verse 142Your righteousness is everlastingand Your law is true.Verse 143Trouble and distress have found me,but Your commandments are my delight.Verse 144Your testimonies are righteous forever.Give me understanding, that I may live.Verse 145I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD!I will obey Your statutes.Verse 146I call to You; save me,that I may keep Your testimonies.Verse 147I rise before dawn and cry for help;in Your word I have put my hope.Verse 148My eyes anticipate the watches of night,that I may meditate on Your word.Verse 149Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion;give me life according to Your justice.Verse 150Those who follow after wickedness draw near;they are far from Your law.Verse 151You are near, O LORD,and all Your commandments are true.Verse 152Long ago I learned from Your testimoniesthat You have established them forever.Verse 153Look upon my affliction and rescue me,for I have not forgotten Your law.Verse 154Defend my cause and redeem me;revive me according to Your word.Verse 155Salvation is far from the wickedbecause they do not seek Your statutes.Verse 156Great are Your mercies, O LORD;revive me according to Your ordinances.Verse 157Though my persecutors and foes are many,I have not turned from Your testimonies.Verse 158I look on the faithless with loathingbecause they do not keep Your word.Verse 159Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD;give me life according to Your loving devotion.Verse 160The entirety of Your word is truth,and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.Verse 161Rulers persecute me without cause,but my heart fears only Your word.Verse 162I rejoice in Your promiselike one who finds great spoil.Verse 163I hate and abhor falsehood,but Your law I love.Verse 164Seven times a day I praise Youfor Your righteous judgments.Verse 165Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law;nothing can make them stumble.Verse 166I wait for Your salvation, O LORD,and I carry out Your commandments.Verse 167I obey Your testimoniesand love them greatly.Verse 168I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies,for all my ways are before You.Verse 169May my cry come before You, O LORD;give me understanding according to Your word.Verse 170May my plea come before You;rescue me according to Your promise.Verse 171My lips pour forth praise,for You teach me Your statutes.Verse 172My tongue sings of Your word,for all Your commandments are righteous.Verse 173May Your hand be ready to help me,for I have chosen Your precepts.Verse 174I long for Your salvation, O LORD,and Your law is my delight.Verse 175Let me live to praise You;may Your judgments sustain me.Verse 176I have strayed like a lost sheep;seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.